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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1968
Page
5
Marine PFC Donald L. Ward aged 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry R. Ward of 130 S. Oak, is promoted within the First Marine Division in South Vietnam. The advancement reflects time in service, appearance, and proficiency in selected military subjects. Piano tuning ad follows.
Wayne E Hobson, 42, Richmond, returns to Long Beach aboard the destroyer USS Benner where he serves as a storekeeper. The Benner and Destroyer Squadron 29 have arrived back from Vietnam after naval gunfire support for infantry ashore.
Bernhardt's offers an adult ballroom dance class. Call 2-3696 for details and schedule.
Nancy Bosche a junior music major from Highland Illinois will present an organ recital in the Ottawa University Chapel at 2 30 p m Sunday Nov 17 The program includes Purcell fanfare Bach Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C major Mendelssohn Sonata No 1 Elmore Pavanne and The Chapel in San Miguel by Edwin Stanley Seder Gambles advertises savings up to 200 on new 1968 Motorola or Coronado Color TV units.
The Ottawa Ministerial Association thanks 15 churches and participants for a UNICEF drive. A money order totaling 594.07 was sent to UNICEF Headquarters, near the prior two years with 638.09 in 1967 and 515.67 in 1966, indicating steady local support.
First United Methodist Church hosts a bazaar on November 18 starting at 10 30 a m with luncheon gifts and a food sale Attic treasures promise bargain finds and ady engages attendees
John Presley an Ottawa University senior and Doug Durbin a freshman are staff members of KTJO the student operated radio station at OU.
50 percent off on a fancy collar and doggie coat with every bath or trim through Thursday. Call for appointment. Baby turtle and bow promopal. Adv by Pet and Pamper CH 2-5239.
James Cannady of Princeton has been accepted for membership in the American International Charolais Association based in Houston. X rays show Lola Booker of Richmond has a broken ankle heel and back from a ladder fall on November 4 at Anderson County Hospital Garnett. Lincoln PTA meets at 7 30 pm at the school auditorium with Rev. Donald C Bakely executive director of Crosslines Kansas City as guest speaker and refreshments to follow.
Mrs Lela Morgan of Richmond is listed as a patient at Anderson County Hospital in Garnett.
The Associated Press weather list shows readings across multiple cities. Temperatures range from around 31 to 52 degrees with mixed cloud cover, sunshine, and light precipitation noted in some locales.
Two Shetland ponies owned by Nancy and Robi Young were shipped by Mrs. Robert Gault from Richmond to Charleston South Carolina for use by handicapped children. The ponies and two saddles were delivered to a state supported school fifteen miles from Charleston where Mrs. Margaret Gault Young teaches. The ponies were given to the grandchildren by the late Robert Gault and were taken to South Carolina by a trainer employed by Gene Gault of Gardner.
Washington AP The National Conference of Catholic Bishops received a proposed pastoral letter that tends toward leaving birth control decisions to each married couple s conscience The move reflects a contrast with Pope Paul VI s stance defending the traditional ban on artificial methods The document to be released later this week will also examine the morality of the Vietnam War.
The State of Kansas informs all concerned that Sunshine V. Gaddis files to probate the will of Lauren O. Gaddis dated October 25 1968 and seeks appointment of Sunshine Y. Gaddis as executrix without bond. Defenses must be filed by December 3 1968 at 10 a m in Franklin County Court Ottawa Kansas. Attorneys Gleason and Pinet represent the petitioner.
Obituaries note services for Jessie Lindsay Green 86 of Quenemo at Quenemo Baptist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona. Also listed are Mildred Watts Martin Kansas City, Oren Marcellus Hughes Ottawa area, Frank Wolken Topeka, Nellie M Couch Quenemo, Floyd Perkins Wellsville, John Wesley Fritts Baldwin area, with burial details and survivor lists.
Ottawa police listed charges for Alan Smith 21 and Louis Holden 72 for exhaust noise and illegal right turn after a collision at Fifteenth and Main. Annie Good 40 and Margaret Bush 46 suffered injuries in separate crashes. Bush had a forehead laceration. Minor two car collision occurred on North Main with no injuries. Kansas cattle and hog market results and local admissions discharges listed, with births and emergencies including injuries to Gary Hines, Dianna Dickey, and Dave Vaughn.
In the Matter of the Estate of Lauren O. Gaddis Deceased Case No 11963 filed in Franklin County Kansas Probate Court. Bank balance details, assets and liabilities shown with totals for assets 8,483,549.07 and liabilities and capital accounts 3,644,929.44. James J. Chandler vice president and cashier certifies the condition report as true. directors attest the report has been examined and is correct.
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